Aarhus Academy recruits architect for campus

Aarhus Academy for Global Education (AAGE) has selected CEBRA, a Danish architecture and design practice, to design the extension and refurbishment of the school’s new city campus on Dalgas Avenue.

On September 26, Crown Princess Mary and other dignitaries visited AAGE and officially inaugurated the new campus that was purchased thanks to a generous donation from the Salling Foundation and other donors.

Will include preschool
The new building, with access to the nearby sports facilities at Ingerslevs Boulevard, is able to accommodate up to 500 students and has space for the AAGE preschool that used to be located about 5 km from the city centre.

AAGE is an English-speaking school and kindergarten for children aged 3 to 16. It opened in August 2011 and currently has about 200 pupils representing 36 different nationalities.

The school offers the International Baccalaureate Programme and expects to be IB-certified this autumn.

CEBRA

– The Aarhus-based company’s architects have extensive experience designing institution buildings both in Denmark and abroad

– It has won two awards this year: the ArchDaily Building of the Year and the Odense Municipality Architecture Award for the adult education centre HF & VUC Fyn

– CEBRA was shortlisted for the Mies van der Rohe Award for its children’s home of the future design

– CEBRA is currently working on several projects, including the new Skovbakke School in Odder and a smart school design in Irkutsk, Russia